John Boehner: Budget Impasse

Barack Obama Dept: The two sides were trying to cobble together a deal on how much federal spending to slash, where to cut it and what caveats to attach as part of a bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. A temporary federal spending measure was to expire at midnight Friday. If that deadline comes and goes, the U.S. government will shut down, shuttering all non-essential federal programs. Speaker of the House John Boehner says his party wants budgetary concessions. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters, according to CBC. Obama, Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, and Republican John Boehner, the House Speaker, increased the bluster level Friday, each blaming the other for the impasse while manoeuvring to avoid any political blame if they fail and president Barack Obama and senior government leaders worked feverishly behind the scenes Friday to get past a budget impasse even as they traded public barbs blaming each other for the divide, Obama has already ruled out a further extension of that deadline, so the threat is real. Reports early Friday suggested the two sides were close on fiscal issues but still divided on social issues. But that chasm appeared to widen as the day progressed. As reported in the news.
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